linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/6] spi: microchip-core: Replace dead code (-ENOMEM error message)

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Message-ID: <20251126075558.2035012-4-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:54:41 +0100
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Prajna Rajendra Kumar <prajna.rajendrakumar@...rochip.com>,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] spi: microchip-core: Replace dead code (-ENOMEM error message)

First of all, the convention in the kernel that we do not issue
error messages for -ENOMEM. Second, it's ignored by dev_err_probe().
Replace dead code by a simple return statement.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c
index f8184b711272..8ea382c6fee7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-spi.c
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ static int mchp_corespi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	host = devm_spi_alloc_host(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spi));
 	if (!host)
-		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -ENOMEM,
-				     "unable to allocate host for SPI controller\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, host);
 
-- 
2.50.1